Fiske Icelandic Collection
Islandica Series

Willard Fiske, who bequeathed his "books relating to Iceland and the old Scandinavian literature and history", also gave $5000 to Cornell University, both for continued collection development and "for the purposes of the publication of [works] relating to Iceland and the said Icelandic collection," according to the language of his will. The resulting Islandica series has been published, either annually or irregularly, since 1908.

The latest volume, number 49, was published in 1995. Below is a list of the titles, authors and publication dates of all the Islandica volumes. The Fiske collection's reference section holds every volume of the series.

I. Bibliography of the Icelandic Sagas and Minor Tales. By Halldór Hermannsson, 1908.

II. The Northmen in America (982-c.1500). By Halldór Hermannsson, 1909.

III. Bibliography of the Sagas of the Kings of Norway and Related Sagas and Tales. By Halldór Hermannsson, 1910.

IV. The Ancient Laws of Norway and Iceland. By Halldór Hermannsson, 1911.

V. Bibliography of the Mythical-Heroic Sagas. By Halldór Hermannsson, 1912.

VI. Icelandic Authors of To-Day (with an appendix giving a list of works dealing with modern Icelandic literature). By Halldór Hermannsson, 1913.

VII. The Story of Griselda in Iceland. Ed. by Halldór Hermannsson, 1914.

VIII. An Icelandic Satire (Lof Lýginnar). By Þorleifur Halldórsson, ed by Halldór Hermannsson, 1915.

IX. Icelandic Books of the Sixteenth Century.By Halldór Hermannsson, 1916.

X. Annalium in Islandia farrago and De mirabilibus Islandiæ. By Bishop Gísli Oddsson, ed. by Halldór Hermannsson, 1917.

XI. The Periodical Literature of Iceland Down to the Year 1874: An Historical Sketch. By Halldór Hermannsson, 1918.

XII. Modern Icelandic: An Essay. By Halldór Hermannsson, 1919.

XIII. Bibliography of the Eddas. By Halldór Hermannsson, 1920.

XIV. Icelandic Books of the Seventeenth Century. By Halldór Hermannsson, 1922.

XV. Jón Guðmundsson and His Natural History of Iceland. By Halldór Hermannsson, 1924.

XVI. Eggert Ólafsson: A Biographical Sketch. By Halldór Hermannsson, 1925.

XVII. Two Cartographers: Guðbrandur Thorláksson and Thórður Thorláksson. By Halldór Hermannsson, 1926.

XVIII. Sir Joseph Banks and Iceland. By Halldór Hermannsson, 1928.

XIX. Icelandic Manuscripts. By Halldór Hermannsson, 1929.

XX. The Book of the Icelanders (Íslendingabók). By Ari Thorgilsson. Ed. and tr. with an introductory essay and notes by Halldór Hermannsson, 1930.

XXI. The Cartography of Iceland. By Halldór Hermannsson, 1931.

XXII. Sæmund Sigfússon and the Oddaverjar. By Halldór Hermannsson, 1932.

XXIII. Old Icelandic Literature: A Bibliographical Essay. By Halldór Hermannsson, 1933.

XXIV. The Sagas of Icelanders (Íslendinga sögur): A Supplement to Bibliography of the Icelandic Sagas and Minor Tales. By Halldór Hermannsson, 1935.

XXV. The Problem of Wineland. By Halldór Hermannsson, 1936.

XXVI. The Sagas of the Kings and the Mythical-Heroic Sagas: Two Bibliographical Supplements. By Halldór Hermannsson, 1937.

XXVII. The Icelandic Physiologus. Facsimile edition with an introduction by Halldór Hermannsson, 1938.

XXVIII. Illuminated manuscripts of the Jónsbók. By Halldór Hermannsson, 1940.

XXIX. Bibliographical Notes. By Halldór Hermannsson, 1942.

XXX. The Vinland Sagas. Ed. with an introduction, variants, and notes by Halldór Hermannsson, 1944.

XXXI. The Saga of Thorgils and Haflidi. Ed. with an introduction and notes by Halldór Hermannsson, 1945.

XXXII and XXXIII. History of Icelandic Prose Writers: 1800-1940. By Stefán Einarsson, 1948.

XXXIV. History of Icelandic Poets: 1800-1940. By Richard Beck, 1950.

XXXV. The Saga of Hrafn Sveinbjarnarson: The Life of an Icelandic Physician of the Thirteenth Century. Tr. with an introduction and notes by Anne Tjomsland, 1951.

XXXVI. The Age of the Sturlungs: Icelandic Civilization in the Thirteenth Century. By Einar Ól. Sveinsson. Tr. by Jóhann S. Hannesson, 1953.

XXXVII. Bibliography of the Eddas: A Supplement to Islandica XIII. By Jóhann S. Hannesson, 1955.

XXXVIII. The Sagas of Icelanders (Íslendinga Sögur): A Supplement to Islandica I and XXIV. By Jóhann S. Hannesson, 1957.

XXXIX. The Hólar Cato: An Icelandic Schoolbook of the Seventeenth Century. Ed. with an introduction and two appendices by Halldór Hermannsson, 1958.

XL. Bibliography of Modern Icelandic Literature in Translation, including Works Written by Icelanders in Other Languages. Compiled by P.M. Mitchell and Kenneth H. Ober, 1975.

XLI. Halldór Hermannsson. By P.M. Mitchell, 1978.

XLII. Old Norse Court Poetry: The Dróttkvætt Stanza. By Roberta Frank, 1978.

XLIII. The Legend of Brynhild. By Theodore M. Andersson, 1980.

XLIV. Bibliography of Old Norse-Icelandic Romances. By Marianne E. Kalinke and P.M. Mitchell, 1985.

XLV. Old Norse-Icelandic Literature: A Critical Guide. Ed. by Carol J. Clover and John Lindow, 1985.

XLVI. Bridal-Quest Romance in Medieval Iceland. By Marianne E. Kalinke, 1990.

XLVII. Bibliography of Modern Icelandic Literature in Translation (Supplement). By Kenneth H. Ober, 1990.

XLVIII. Manuscript material, correspondence, and graphic material in the Fiske Icelandic Collection: a descriptive catalogue. Compiled by Þórunn Sigurðardóttir, 1994.

XLIX. The structure of Old Norse Dróttkvætt poetry. By Kari Ellen Gade, 1995.

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